You'll Need At Least £30k To Buy An Abarth 124 Spider

UK pricing for the Abarth 124 has been confirmed, and it's a lot more expensive than the range-topping Mazda MX-5
You'll Need At Least £30k To Buy An Abarth 124 Spider

The new Fiat 124 Spider is supposed to be the Mazda MX-5’s softer, cruisey cousin. That’s just fine, and it’s arguably the better car for what a lot of potential MX-5 customers are after anyway. But what if you do actually want to drive your Fiazda MX-124 hard? You’ll be wanting the Abarth 124 Spider, which has now been confirmed to cost £29,565 for the six-speed manual, and £31,605 for the ‘Sequenziale Sportivo’ six-speed automatic.

You'll Need At Least £30k To Buy An Abarth 124 Spider

Quite a figure, given that the range-topping Mazda MX-5 Recaro is over five grand less. However, the Abarth does look like quite a serious proposition: compared to the standard 124 it sits much lower on Bilstein dampers and stiffer springs, while a mechanical limited-slip differential has been added, and the anti-roll bars have been suitably beefed up.

You'll Need At Least £30k To Buy An Abarth 124 Spider

There are four-piston Brembo brakes at the front, and a 1.4-litre turbocharged sitting under the bonnet kicking out 168bhp and 184lb ft of torque. That’s 10bhp and 36lb ft more than the 2.0-litre MX-5, giving it a 0-62mph time of 6.8 seconds - half a second quicker than the Mazda. You also get a fruity ‘Record Monza’ exhaust as standard, although four tips does seem like overkill…

Want one? Abarth 124 Spiders will be in the UK this summer.

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Comments

Anonymous

What a rip off, there are much nicer cars for 30k

06/09/2016 - 15:01 |
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Anonymous

That’s about $43,400 in Freedom Money for the Americans out there.

06/09/2016 - 15:12 |
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The Adolescent Petrolhead

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Thanks.

06/09/2016 - 19:38 |
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The AE86 of Mt. Akina (86 Squad)

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Even if I had money, I would never pay any more than $22k for this. And the ND Miata really should be $18k.

06/09/2016 - 23:42 |
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less reliable hairdressing intensifies

06/09/2016 - 15:13 |
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Roadster / Tail Red

Uhm… How much in Euro’s?

06/09/2016 - 15:18 |
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FLixy Madfox

When Miata is not the answer

06/09/2016 - 15:24 |
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Cory Brayshaw

Its nice but I can get a TVR Griffith 500 for that price, 5.0 V8 of british beef and also have change left

06/09/2016 - 15:24 |
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Yeah, but when does a Tvr actually work.

06/09/2016 - 21:44 |
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Anonymous

2015 MX5 or 2017 Abarth 124

06/09/2016 - 15:49 |
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Migix (kouki <3)

thats almost 40k EUR!

06/09/2016 - 16:00 |
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Anonymous

guys dont argue about the price. IF Mazda release a MPS edition of mx-5 it will cost around there

06/09/2016 - 16:04 |
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Ben Anderson 1

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Bingo. ^

06/09/2016 - 18:21 |
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America
  1. I HATE FIAT
  2. Not very powerful
  3. Miata is always the answer
06/09/2016 - 16:18 |
2 | 6

Fiat bragged so much about making it turbo… now I see it’s only 10hp over the mx5… meh

06/09/2016 - 17:59 |
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